Corporate Environmental Risk Management Showcases Engineering to Underprivileged Girls
Orlando, Fla.– One of the essential parts of any company is the ability to give back to one’s community. Recently, Corporate Environmental Risk Management did just that.
The company, which works on engineering, environmental and project management for transportation agencies, took five girls, aged 12-18, on a comprehensive tour of the Orlando International Airport to pique their interests in the engineering field.
“The greatest investment we can make is empowering young people to pursue careers in the industries that interest them,” says Yasmin Moreno, senior project manager, Corporate Environmental Risk Management. “As an woman engineer, it is rewarding that we could inspire the next generation of women engineers by showing them the actual projects right here in their home town.
“These facilities will be here for 50 to 100 years,” she added. “They will always remember that they were able to see it while it was being built.”
The tour was done in partnership with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s Small Business Development Department and The Greatest Investment (“TGI”) Girls’ Empowerment Program, a leadership and empowerment program in Orlando, Florida for teen young ladies from diverse backgrounds. TGI’s mission is to educate and empower the next generation of strong, confident female leaders. The tour provided behind-the-scenes views of the airport’s new intermodal facility, the new airport people mover and station, the new Parking Garage C and the construction of the South Terminal Complex.
Corporate Environmental Risk Management recently won an on-call engineering contract, as part of the STANTEC team, with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.
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For more information media should contact –
Corporate Environmental Risk Management: Yasmin Moreno, Senior Project Manager, 770-845-6715, ymoreno@cerm.com
UCF Business Incubation Program: Michael Weiss, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program, (321) 281-8384, Michael.Weiss@ucf.edu or Alan Byrd, Alan Byrd & Associates, 407-415-8470, Alan@ByrdConnections.com
About Corporate Environmental Risk Management
Founded in 1995, Corporate Environmental Risk Management, LLC (CERM) is a minority owned and operated, full service engineering, environmental, and program management firm. CERM employs more than 80 dedicated environmental scientists, project engineers, inspectors, surveyors, construction specialists and technical support professionals. For more information, visit www.cerm.com.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program
The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is a community resource that provides early-stage companies with the tools, training and infrastructure to become financially stable, high growth/impact enterprises. Since 1999, this award-winning program has helped more than 390 local startup companies reach their potential faster by providing vital business development resources.
With seven facilities throughout the region, the UCF Business Incubation Program is an economic development partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Corridor, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties, and the cities of Apopka, Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Springs. For the 2014/15 and 2015/16 fiscal years, the activities of these participating firms have helped sustain more than 4,710 local jobs and have had a cumulative impact of more than $725 million on regional GDP and more than $1.3 billion on regional sales. During the same period, the program has returned $7.41 for every $1 invested in the program. For more information, visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
